Banco Pichincha ransomware attack
A ransomware intrusion using a Cobalt Strike beacon forced Ecuador's largest private bank, Banco Pichincha, to take ATMs, online banking, and its mobile app offline for several days.
- Victim
- Banco Pichincha
Incidents in country:
Ecuador
3 incidents catalogued
CNT Ecuador RansomEXX attack
The RansomEXX gang hit Ecuador's state-run telecom CNT, disrupting its payment portal and call centers and claiming to have stolen more than 190 GB of corporate and customer data.
- Victim
- Corporación Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CNT EP)
Novaestrat Ecuador data leak
An unsecured Elasticsearch server run by Ecuadorian consultancy Novaestrat exposed 20.8 million records covering nearly the entire population of Ecuador, including 6.7 million children, financial records, and vehicle data.
- Victim
- Novaestrat
- Records
- 20.8M